Hi – I’m Erin and I work for the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, and contribute to their blog. I keep track of blog alerts about the Museum and noticed your post about your visit.

Thanks for sharing your experience. This is great feedback for us. We already have staff looking into the wifi access problem you mentioned. We’re also looking into ways to open the Museum during hours that are more convenient for visitors – and especially members.

Thanks again. Hope you have a great summer!

Mom2Coy- I am sorry you were somewhat disappointed. From a friend who went to Little Boo it seemed like there were some changes this year from prior years. In the past the treat stations were around the Carnivore Cafe with some activities in the auditorium. Pumpkin Path has more treat stations and I found the signage to be adequate (maybe they are closer together).

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Thanks for the review. We live just down the street, so we saw some of the fireworks from our backyard. I was thinking of going tonight to watch the fireworks in the park, but perhaps I will just stay home again and enjoy the show from here! Love your blog!

I am glad she has her priorities straight. 🙂

~Jonathan,
Fairyologist

How funny… Believe it or not, I think we were actually there at the same time on Sunday! 🙂

I had a good time, too! It was my first time blueberry picking, and I was surprised how easy it was. I didn’t have to get really dirty, or pricked by bushes, or anything! (I’m a city boy.) And I even told my friend at the time that it would be a great activity for kids!

(This is @BenFranklin1982 from Twitter, by the way!)

Making art out of trash intrigues the heck out of me. I have always thought that it is not the medium we use but what we do with it that makes it art.

last year we got replacement pants at TJ Maxx for $6-10 🙂 AK

I am not sure how to communicate to you on here, but I have to tell you of an event that’s listed on your event calendar that’s not correct. It says that every Wednesday there is a Border’s storytime and craft at Arborland at 630-700pm, but my son and I went there 2 weeks ago and asked the librarian about this during the time it said on this site, and she had no idea what I was talking about. She said there is no storytime at 630 on Wednesdays, and that there should not be incorrect information about events on the website. I think your information is great otherwise and love to be out doing fun events with my 4 year old son. We do almost all the activities and events in and aroudn Ann Arbor. Please just check to see if your information about events is correct on this website before posting it, and remove the 630pm storytime at Borders in Arborland. Thanks!

Thank you for letting me know. These events were held at one time and I did not realize they were no longer being held. The Waters Place times had been on the website, but are no longer listed, so I have removed them all.

Again, it seems like most co-op schools in the area only had 2 or 3-day choices.

Stone School is a one room historic school house and does not have the ability to have more than one class at a time.

AnnArbor.com has corrected their article. While elimination of midday kindergarten buses was an option, it was not eliminated.

I will update the post when I get to my computer.

Love the new look!! I think this is great and I look forward to continuing to read!
Carol

A book for the grandparents of all their grandchildren would be great.

A book for the grandparents of all their children would be great.

Soups are great for my picky eaters. Would love to try new flavors.

jC Penney has free haircuts for K-6 grade through August.

Jeff also dislikes cooked apples. But that Dutch Apple sounds delicious to me!

Thanks too! I also have an incoming kindergartner and just moved back to the district.

Would love to take both of my kids this winter. They have some great areas for toddlers to splash around.

Hoping to win!!!

Perfect for a family getaway. I’d love to win.

Would love to take my daughter. My husband and I just had a baby and this would be perfect for just her time.

It was corn maze 1, not 2.

Excellent you all must visit

If the schools go over the allotted days…they can opt to add time to the school days to make up missed time.

We had passes for Dinosaurs Alive as well, but it was me and two guy friends my age (mid-to-late 20s) so we were not interested in that – it sounds cool though. (we did more of the haunted Halloweekends stuff instead, and the coasters)

Glad you go to go back!

Nov 6?? Weeks before thanksgiving?Sorry that’s just wrong. I hope parents don’t support this ever backwards Christmas commercialism creep.

I love love love Bravos! We have one here in the East Lansing area. Their food is amazing!

Please consider the Ann Arbor Public Schools Educational Foundation for next year’s shout-out. We fund teacher grants and District-wide initiatives. Thank you.

I’ve taken several of my nieces to family events at the symphony, and they loved the events. When they were younger, I brought along earplugs just in case the noise bothered them, and they enjoyed dressing up and attending a “grown-up” event. I’ll be on the lookout for this event next year!

OMG, chocolate raspberry wontons?! That sounds amazing.

My go-to meal at PF Changs is the chicken lettuce wraps plus the honey chicken. I like the sesame chicken too but it’s a little spicy, and the cashew/almond chicken also. That reminds me, they just sent me a free app/dessert coupon for my birthday so I’m going to head to the Troy location to get myself some lettuce wraps to go sometime soon :).

My favorite location is actually the Northville one though.

My Bizarro name is BERNIE-SPIN-ZARRO-DROID. Thanks for the giveaway. It looks like a fun movie.

Looks like it was a fun and long trip. We haven’t been to Disney in about 7 years. They have so many new things there now.

Looks like you got a great variety of Marvel products in your package and what a great giveaway for your readers. Them snacks look pretty yummy too!

Super cute! I definitely entered the contest too since I don’t own The Avengers. I’m seeing it next Tues in Livonia, very excited for it.

PS: I like the new blog design!

PPS: when I tried to pin the pic, it said “blocked because it may lead to spam’ … no idea why. :-/ also your tweet thing doesn’t have a link to this post.

My husband has been collecting Captain America stuff since he was in diapers. He would love everything you have!

VERY cool! I’m glad everything isn’t just re-painted pink like so many manufacturers have a tendency to do. Rock on, girls who love Avengers!

Thats a girl with some good taste! My husband is a Captain America fan since he was probably still in the womb thanks to his dad. He has a man cave thats red and blue and full of CA collectibles. Kiddo enjoys it because her dad does so we have fun with it.

That game looks like so much fun! Girls are totally superheroes too, I love that your daughter loves to play with them also! #client

This sounds like a lot of fun. Love the cake!!!

My daughters like the origami Yoda books, too. Great ideas, have fun celebrating.

Looks fun!! I have never been to the Performance Network! Seems like a great time to go!

Thanks!

My kids love these books! I entered the contest! Good luck to everyone who threw their name into the hat.

Good luck to all participants. Looks like a great event that kids and adults will surely love!

I’m all about the classics – so the Give a Mouse a Cookie is the best, but I also liked the Moose and muffin one 🙂

My daughter would have a blast at this performance! Fun!

Great list of books. My oldest is a little older than your daughter, but I’ll have to see if he would like any of these books.

Thanks for the mention! Preschoolers love parties in Kids Town – our special gallery just for those 2-5!

Such cute ideas! I love the table setup. I also have family from Ann Arbor too! 🙂 #client

Come to Dexter! The story time on 12/22 will feature a live reindeer although I’m sure your readers will want to know about that one beforehand. All the town decorations are up & there seem to be some fun kids events planned (Holiday Hustle, Luminaries, Letter to Santa Mailbox on Main, etc)…

Cool and cute

Hi,
I am interessted in your ‘mommy and me ‘ Class. Do you have a differnent time Or maybe differnent Place to do that?
Monday in to late for me.
Thank you!

Washtenaw Christian Academy is having an open house on February 25th. I’ve loved sending my daughter there for preschool!

Just a quick question: If you were to estimate how long the concert typically lasts, what would be your best guess? Trying to gauge length for bringing a younger child. Thanks!

We were here today with kids (boys and girls) from 3 yo up to 8 yo and everyone of them had a LOT of fun. They were busy with all different entertained areas and finally showed us small performance on the stage. Great clean place. Open concept – enough space for kids to play and for parents to sit on coach or chair and observing. Very friendly and helpful customer service. Convenient location (on the right side from 94 Highway toward Costco). Big enough parking lot. We were able to bring our own snack.There is clean restroom. Kids were able to be in their street shoes, but I I would advise to have shoes/slippers to use inside. Definitely, on my top of list for snowy/rainy/too hot day to do.

My daughter would love this

My favorite Beauty and the Beast song is “Something there that wasn’t there before”. Would love these tickets!!

be our guest!

Thanks for the review, Anna Mae! I try to go once per summer with friends. I’m glad they have red straps for larger guests, too – I’m a little bigger than I usually am (trying to lose weight, currently) and some of the older rides are hard to squeeze into; Gatekeeper, which I love, was hard as well last summer.

I don’t think I’ve ever been on a dive coaster either. Looking forward to trying Valravn out!

Thanks for the blog post – we have heard feedback about the rides and are working with Skerbeck to give all ages a better experience! Love your video, we shared this post on our Facebook page and the Event page.

YES! Its that time of year again! Love Ann Arbors Restaurant Week. Time to load the kids up and go enjoy some awesome deals and great tasting food! Nice post here keep up the great work.

Veteran’s pool is closed until further notice due to a problem with its filtration system.

I want to try the Pesto Cavatappi.

This looks like a ton of fun! My son would love it!!

My daughter loves Rosie – but of course her favorite is Thomas!

My daughters love Emily.

Thanks for sharing. This will be a great day trip!

My son loves Henry!

My son loves James and we would love to see Thomas!

Thank you so much for the chance to win tickets, my boys would have a blast!

My three year old would love this! As would my 6 year old! I’m not even sure they have a favorite character, but seeing a real life Thomas would make them glow!

The August 30 event at Angell school is a “Kindergarten and ‘New to Angell’ Family Picnic Social” followed by an orientation — not just an “Incoming Kindergarten Picnic”. (We’re new to the school and looking forward to this!)

I don’t have kids but my little sister loved Addy’s books!

My daughter’s favorite American Girl is Lea Clark.

Thank you for this post! I am taking my almost 3 year old to his first game next week and I haven’t been to a game myself in 10 years! This information is really helpful. The no bag policy is crazy. Also no bottles seems like it would be impossible to bring a baby if you are a bottle feeding mom. It has certainly changed since I went as a kid! Thanks again!

Thank you from the Bomber crew for the great review on your blog. We invite you to follow us on facebook, instagram, twitter, and Snapchat via searching “bomberypsi”.

We love Sesame Street Live. My husband and I would love to take our two boys.

Fingers crossed!

We love it! I have been taking my grandkids to Sesame Street for 8 years now! We are now up to 6 grandkids 8 and under and about to add #7 in January 2017. Plan on going again this year! Thanks for the chance to win!

My 4 year old and friends 2 year old would love this show 🙂 fingers crossed

We love Grover in our family! Our freshly minted 3yo would love to see it!

My daughter loves elmo!

We’ve never seen them but it’s definitely on the bucket list. My daughter would be all about it.

I think Tomorrow might be my favorite song, but Kathy was singing “Lets go to the Movies” the other day. It was adorable!

My 10 year old who is playing basketball through Ann Arbor Rec and Ed would find this show as amazingly fun!!! Hope this will motivate him to practice more!

Thank you for this giveaway! Annie was my favorite growing up and I’ll love to introduce my daughter to the live performance! 🙂

So excited to see this!

Thanks for coming to our event in Ann Arbor. We love the video and photos you took.
I wanted to let you know of an event coming up Monday that your readers or perhaps even you may be interested in, even though it’s in East Lansing. Despite the distance, the message still resonates.

We are hosting an oral cancer awareness event on Monday on Michigan State University’s campus at the Union. From noon to 1 p.m., attendees will be able to receive a free oral cancer screening, win prizes and learn more about taking care of their oral and overall health.

We are focused on bringing oral cancer awareness to all, but specifically the college age population and to those who regularly engage in behaviors that can lead to oral cancer—like drinking, smoking and HPV.
Here is the event registration page, if you’d like to share with your readership. http://go.pardot.com/l/147421/2017-03-24/23bjlb

My son’s favorite is Thomas! He would absolutely love this!

always enjoy just a walk around seeing the old locomotives

My kiddos would love this. It would be a great adventure for them. Thanks for the chance to win. 🙂

My kids love Emily and Gordon

My kids love Percy as well. Great to see they have a sensory friendly event now! Two of my kids have autism and we had to leave the event twice last year and almost missed our ride. This is great news.

Awesome giveaway!

My kids love Toby the tramcar (?).

Hope my guys win the tickets, they would be soooooo excited!!

University of Michigan Museums is a great place to take your kids! I love the list you have here of events going on. Thanks for your great post!

Looking forward to this weekends bunny bash events with my grand-kids!

My daughter would be elated to have the opportunity to see this performance!